Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!dww From: dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: The disservice of pushing for sci.aquaria Message-ID: <2403@stl.stc.co.uk> Date: 14 Nov 89 08:47:47 GMT References: <2897@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> <22209@gryphon.COM> Sender: news@stl.stc.co.uk Reply-To: "David Wright" Organization: STC Technology Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, UK Lines: 34 In article <22209@gryphon.COM> dianeh@binky.UUCP (Diane Holt) writes: #In article <2897@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> dave@viper (David Messer) writes: # #>A group for aquarium hobbiests is certainly welcome on USENET, but, #>because of the name, it may not be generally available. # #On the contrary, because of the name it will be more widely distributed #than it was before, or than it would be under the rec hierarchy. I find it interesting that the 4 articles that have arrived here so far for 'sci.aquaria' are all cross-posted to alt.aquaria. Could it be that the posters (including Richard, who sent one of them) have recognised that because of the controversy over the name, alt.a will continue to reach parts of the net that sci.a will not? Or could it be that 'pure' sci.aquaria postings do not even reach the UK, so I only see the cross-posted ones? Interesting either way; it implies that the net is driven not by the 'dictatorship of the majority' but by consensus arrived at by ballots with a clear majority -- arguably getting almost full agreement to what you want (which is what most successful new group proposals in effect do) is far *more* democratic than pushing your proposal through against strong dissent, getting it passed by (in this case) a fairly small majority, and then expecting everyone else to fall into line with it. [By the way, there will be no sci.aquaria at this site. My users won't loose out, as I'll alias any articles that arrive for it to alt.aquaria. I understand that a number of other admins are doing the same, including some major feeds.] -- Regards, David Wright STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, UK dww@stl.stc.co.uk ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!dww PSI%234237100122::DWW Living in a country without a written constitution means having to trust in the Good Will of the Government and the Generosity of Civil Servants.